Głubczyce County

Głubczyce County

Powiat głubczycki
Głubczyce County Powiat głubczycki
County
	Coat of arms
	Location within the voivodeship
	Coordinates (Głubczyce): 50°12′0″N 17°50′3″E / 50.20000°N 17.83417°E
Country	Poland
Voivodeship	Opole
Seat	Głubczyce
Gminas	Total 4 Gmina Baborów; Gmina Branice; Gmina Głubczyce; Gmina Kietrz;
Area
• Total	673.1 km2 (259.9 sq mi)
Population
• Total	45,679
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
• Urban	21,462
• Rural	24,217
Car plates	OGL
Website	http://www.powiatglubczycki.pl

Głubczyce County (Polish: powiat głubczycki) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Opole Voivodeship, south-western Poland, on the Czech border. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local government reforms passed in 1998. Its administrative seat and largest town is Głubczyce, which lies 53 kilometres (33 mi) south of the regional capital Opole. The county also contains the towns of Kietrz, lying 19 km (12 mi) south-east of Głubczyce, and Baborów, 12 km (7 mi) south-east of Głubczyce.

The county covers an area of 673.1 square kilometres (259.9 sq mi). As of 2019, its total population is 45,679, out of which the population of Głubczyce is 12,552, that of Kietrz is 6,005, that of Baborów is 2,905, and the rural population is 24,217.

Neighbouring counties edit

Głubczyce County is bordered by Prudnik County to the north, and Kędzierzyn-Koźle County and Racibórz County to the east. It also borders the Czech Republic to the south and west.

Administrative division edit

The county is subdivided into four gminas (three urban-rural and one rural). These are listed in the following table, in descending order of population.

Gmina	Type	Area (km²)	Population (2019)	Seat
Gmina Głubczyce	urban-rural	294.3	22,316	Głubczyce
Gmina Kietrz	urban-rural	139.9	10,899	Kietrz
Gmina Branice	rural	121.9	6,489	Branice
Gmina Baborów	urban-rural	117.0	5,975	Baborów